Twitter Tutorials & Resources

List of Green Twitter Names! ADD YOURS HERE: http://bit.ly/GreenTwitterNames

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http://typewith.me/p/GreenPLN > How do we already connect? Who is in your PLN? :)

A few Twitter Tips (from @jillbromen):

1. On an ipad or smartphone- DOWNLOAD the Twitter App... Twitter has missing functions on ipad's Safari
2. Choose a shorter vs. longer username- every character counts in every message!
3. DON'T lock or protect your tweets- it just turns twitter into a closed email-ish system, losing the power of crowdsourcing & connections
4. DO fill in your bio & add a photo. Mention something about education so other teachers/ educators will be more likely to connect!
5. DO write a tweet or two right away to get started!
6. DO follow many people right away... I suggest following the first 50-75 people you find when searching #edchat
7. DO lurk around a bit.. get to know what's out there and start gathering resources
8. DO RT (retweet) some tweets you find helpful or interesting
9. DO use shorthand and abbreviations- it's ok, it's another language!
10. DO use the @ sign when referring to someone else- then they'll know you mentioned them! :)

Collection of resources & sites re: Twitter & Social Media in Schools

Timely: A poll today via LifeHacker: Are you allowed to use social networks at work?

http://youtu.be/ddO9idmax0o







How Twitter in the Classroom is boosting student engagement